Hayden Cantrelle, baseball athlete of the year, goes to receive his award at the the 2017 Best of Prep Sports Award Banquet held at the Cajundome on Wednesday night May 10, 2017.(Photo: Buddy Delahoussaye/Special to the Advertiser)Buy Photo

On Wednesday, Hayden Cantrelle became the first player in Teurlings Catholic history to be drafted into Major League Baseball straight out of high school when the New York Yankees selected him in the 40th round.

If that seems a little low, there is a reason why.

Cantrelle informed teams before the draft he would indeed be following in his father Kevin's footsteps by joining Tony Robichaux and the Ragin' Cajuns and continuing his career in college.

Two of Cantrelle's future Cajun teammates, former St. Thomas More pitcher Alex Hannie and former North Vermilion shortstop Connor Dupuy, actually played with him at a youung age.

"Alex and Connor were both on my teams at 12 and 13 years old, so any time you get a chance to hook it up with your brothers and play again it's exciting," Cantrelle said. "Alex and I have had some battles in the last couple of years, so I'm looking forward to playing with him again."

Cantrelle said he would continue to attack the offseason with the same ferocity as before while awaiting the contract details from the Yankees and was looking forward to suiting up once again.

"I'm still attacking it the same way I did before the draft," Cantrelle said. "I can't wait to be a Ragin' Cajun. I was talking to some of the other signees in our class and some of the other guys on the team already and we're excited about us coming in."